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Durch die wolkige Maiennacht Geht ein leises Schallen, Wie im Wald die Tropfen sacht Auf die Blätter fallen. Welch' ein ahnungsreicher Duft [Weht]1 aus allen Baumen! Dunkel webt es in der Luft Wie von Zukunftsträumen. [Da]2 im Hauch der auf mich [sinkt]3, Dehnt sich all' mein Wesen, Und die müde Seele trinkt Schauerndes Genesen: Müde Seele, hoffe nur, Morgen kommt die Sonne, Und du blühst mit Wald und [Flur]4 Hell in [Frühlingswonne]5!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Fibich: "Quillt"
2 Bruch: "Und"
3 Fibich: "weht"
4 Bruch, Fibich: "Feld"
5 Bruch: "Frühlingswonnen" (?)
Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder aus alter und neuer Zeit, no. 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", op. 420 (Sechs Lieder für gemischten Chor), Heft 2 no. 5, published 1873 [ mixed chorus ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Algernon Bennet Langton Ashton (1859 - 1937), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", op. 46 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", op. 97 no. 2 (1920), published 1921 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Maiennacht", op. 36 no. 10, H. 300 no. 10 (1874), from Jarní paprsky (Frühlingsstrahlen), no. 10, also set in Czech (Čeština) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fritz Fürst , "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", published 1894 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Wien, Lewy [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", op. 57 (Sechs Lieder für 1 mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1876 [ medium voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Théodore Kahle , "Frühlingslied", op. 14 (Drei Quartette für S., A., T. und B. ) no. 3, published 1876 [ SATB quartet a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Gesunden", op. 18 no. 8, published 1881 [ medium voice and piano ], from Geliebt--Vergessen : Liederzyklus, no. 8, Kassel, Voigt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Eduard Kreuzhage (1874 - 1956), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht ", op. 1 (Zwei Lieder und Gesänge für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ high voice and piano ], Köln, Schloss [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", op. 24 (Vier Duette für 2 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1873 [ duet for 2 voices with piano ], Berlin, Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Theodor Töpken , "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Lieder für Singstimme mit Pianoforte (Heft I der nachgelassenen Werke), no. 1, Bremen, Praeger & Meier [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Durch die wolkige Maiennacht", op. 1 (Sieben Lieder für eine mittlere Stimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1873 [ medium voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Philip Wolfrum (1854 - 1919), "Maiennacht", op. 18 (Lieder und Gesänge (5. Heft) für 1 tiefe Stimme mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 5, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], München, Aibl  [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ferdinand Pujman ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 72
Through the overcast May night A quiet reverberation is heard, As if there were, in the forest, droplets Gently falling on leaves. What a beguiling fragrance Wafts out of the trees! It weaves through the air Like dreams of what is yet to be. There, in the exhalation that descends over me, All of my being expands, And my weary soul drinks Shuddering deliverance: Weary soul, only hope That the sun comes tomorrow, And you will bloom with forest and field In the bright delight of spring!
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Translations of title(s):
"Durch die wolkige Maiennacht" = "Through the overcast May night"
"Frühlingslied" = "Song of Spring"
"Gesunden" = "Recuperation"
"Maiennacht" = "May Night"
Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Lieder aus alter und neuer Zeit, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2023-10-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 87